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CSH ~ 55 Atlantic Avenue, Swampscott, MA 01907 ~ 781.599.8005 ~ Fax: 781.599.1860 ~ www.ShiratHayam.org The Wave

December 2013Kislev/Tevet 5774

Volume 8

We practice radical hospitality!

The WaveTable of Contents

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Hanukkah at CSH

Tuesday, December 3Come celebrate with your CSH family

at 5:30 pmB.Y.O.H. - Bring Your Own Hanukkiah

for the community candle lighting with Rabbi B and Cantor Elana.

Candles? Bring ‘em if you got ‘em.

CJE Class PresentationsMusic with Marcy

Latkes, all the fixin’s and... some you never expected!

Make Your Own Sundaes

Advertising Rates ................. 28Alternative Service Info ....... 19Book Club ........................... 30Brotherhood ........................ 32Calendar ............................. 35Cantor Elana’s Notes ............. 4Cantor Emil’s Notes ............... 3Chesed ................................ 28CJE ....................................... 9Condolences ....................... 20Congregational Life ............. 10Family Announcements ....... 11Holidays .............................. 28iShir....................................... 4Israel Trip ............................ 31JF&CS .................................... 7Lev Donors .....................26-27Library Corner ..................... 32Magic Minyan ..................... 12Memorial Alcove................... 3Minyannaires ...................... 29Mishloach Manot ................ 13Monte Carlo ...................14-17New Members..................... 10Preschool .............................. 8Presidents’ Message............... 6Rabbi’s Writings .................... 2Recycle @ CSH ................... 33Scotch & Shmooze ................ 7Service Participants ............. 29Shabbat Café Sponsors ........ 29Shabbat Olam ....................... 5Shabbat Synaplex ................ 18Spirited Sisters ..................... 30Team CSH ........................... 34Well Wishes & Donations20-25YAiSH ................................. 12


Rabbi Baruch HaLevi

Lean Into the DipIn his book, “The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)”, Seth Godin teaches that in life there are always "dips" within any and every worthwhile journey.

"Almost everything in life worth doing is controlled by the Dip. At the beginning, when you first start something, it’s fun. You could be taking up golf or acupuncture or piloting a plane or doing chemistry—doesn’t matter; it’s interesting, and you get plenty of good feedback from the people around you. Over the next few days and weeks, the rapid learning you experience keeps you going. Whatever your new thing is, it’s easy to stay engaged in it. And then the Dip happens. The Dip is the long slog between starting and mastery. ..The Dip is the long stretch between beginner’s luck and real accomplishment. ….Successful people don’t just ride out the Dip. They don’t just buckle down and survive it. No, they lean into the Dip."

Whether its in our personal life, professional life or the life of a community or a synagogue - there is always a dip. Certainly this was true for the great matriarchs and patriarchs within our Torah. As I write this we are reading about Jacob as he pushes through the darkness, trying to overcome the adversity that stands between him and the man who he is to become - Yisrael - a man who "wrestles with beings divine and human, and prevails." What defines his greatness is that he pushes through the dip instead of giving up and calling it quits. He does not let go until the dark desert night gives way to the first rays of morning light.

The dip tells us we are moving toward something important. The dip tells us that we are on a journey toward something real. And, contrary to what we are often told or believe, the dip tells us that we are close; close to the end of the struggle; close to transformation from what we were to what we want to become; close to emerging from the dark night into that place of morning light.

What distinguishes the great men and women, then and now, what defines the great institutions of the past and of today, is the willingness to face the dip, the commitment to lean into the dip and willingness to push through the dip - no matter what it takes.

No matter what we have faced or will face, as a people, as a community, as a congregation - we will lean into the dip and sooner or later transcend the dip. We are B'nai Yisrael - the Children of Israel. We are Jews. We are Congregation Shirat Hayam. We are part of a great legacy and a great institution known for their ability, our ability, to navigate the dip and arise stronger and better for having made the journey. Names change (personally and institutionally) but this Maccabee warrior spirit deep within us, never has and never will.

May we each find the strength to lean into the dip.

May we each find the tenacity to move through the dip.

May we each arise from the dip transformed knowing no more darkness during this holiday season, and seeing nothing but the beautiful Hanukkah lights.

B’Shalom,

Rabbi B


Dr. Emil Berkovits, Cantor Emeritus

Aliyot Mystery Solved...

Most, if not all of us, have taken an Aliyah (being called to the Torah). The honor of reciting the b’rakhot, blessings of the Torah, is called an Aliyah (plural, Aliyot), which means going up. Even though we at Shirat Hayam do not physically ascend a bimah, it is nevertheless going up in a spiritual way. I would also add a fine point and proper etiquette for taking an Aliyah. Although, to my knowledge it is not written anywhere, one should take the shortest route to the Torah to show one’s eagerness to take the honor and, of course, the longer route back simply to prolong the holy moment. There is also a very interesting and quite moving tradition with many families that family members rise while a parent/grandparent takes an Aliyah.

I have also been asked many times, “how do you know how many Aliyot we have to give out on a particular day?” Well, there is a set formula for this.

On weekdays (Monday and Thursday) and Saturday afternoon, Yom Kippur afternoon, Purim, Hanukkah and any fast days, three Aliyot are read. Among the reasons offered for this ruling are that traditionally there are three classes of Jews (Kohanim, Levites and Israelites) that should be represented.

On Rosh Hodesh and on the intermediate days of Sukkot and Passover, there are four Aliyot, on Rosh Hashanah and the festival days of Sukkot, Passover and Shavuot we have five, and on Yom Kippur we have six. Shabbat supersedes all the above holidays with seven Aliyot.

There are some congregations that take advantage of a provision in Jewish law that permits dividing the Torah portions into more than the minimum seven on Shabbat but not any other times, lest it waste the time of people who must go to work. These extra Aliyot (hosafot) allow one or more additional persons to have the honor of being called up to the Torah. Most congregations, however, reject this practice because it lengthens the service, and they don’t want to do that.

B’shalom

Cantor Emil

Memorial AlcoveWe Remember Them

The Memorial Alcove was dedicated on November 30, thanks to the generosity of Esther and Richard Salinsky. Please stop by for a demonstration on how the electronic yahrtzeit board creates a meaningful memorial experience.

If you had a memorial plaque at Temple Beth El or Temple Israel, that name is now listed on the yahrtzeit board. You may add a photo and short bio to that listing at no charge.

Pricing is available for new entries on the board. For more information about how you can create a lasting memorial for your loved ones, or to make an appointment for a demonstration, please contact Marla Gay at 781.599.8005, Ext. 27 or [email protected].


Cantor Elana Rozenfeld

A Moment of Pride

iShirChildren’s Music at

Shirat Hayam

V'shinantam l'vanecha - teaching the next generation

Since teaching about the Shema at our weekly miniplex (and since having a child) I think about this often. What do I want to pass on to my child and to my students? How can I make sure that Judaism will be alive and well when I am gone?

Not that I am solely responsible for the perpetuation of the Jewish faith, or that I anticipate being "gone" any time soon, but I do feel responsible to participate in the cycle of education: learning to teach, teaching to learn, etc… It gives me a great feeling to teach others what I know, to learn more so that I can teach better and, of course, to learn from my students.

The other day, I was watching an episode of Shalom Sesame (the Jewish Sesame Street) with my 8 month old son, Ariel. He's really too young to get anything out of Shalom Sesame, so perhaps I was watching it more for myself than for him. But I found myself so moved by this program that I remember watching it as a young child.

In this episode, they showed Jewish families lighting the Hanukkah candles and as I watched it, I started to cry hysterically. I cried and cried throughout the entire episode, as Ariel looked at me curiously. Don't be alarmed; this happens to me all the time: I can start crying in the middle of a Windex commercial. But in this case, I think I started crying because it moves me to see Jewish tradition being passed from one generation to the next. I believe that my exposure to Judaism as a child lit a fire inside me, and today, as an adult, I have made it my mission to pass on what I know to the next generation.

Today, I am blessed to have many formal opportunities to teach here at CSH: I teach Preschool Music every other Wednesday morning, iShir and iShir Katan (our children's choirs), my many B'nei Mitzvah students, 6th grade B'nai Mitzvah Bootcamp, I alternate with Rabbi B teaching at our Shabbat Miniplex, and I occasionally accept other requests, from classes in Yiddish folk song, to the Jewish influence on Broadway, you name it . I try to never say "no" to a teaching invitation.

More recently, my range of students has expanded beyond the walls of CSH. A few months ago, I became a member of the faculty of Hebrew College in Newton, as a cantorial coach. I have a wonderful student who is soon to graduate, and it brings me great joy to pass on my knowledge and experience to her. In addition, last month, I began teaching fifth grade Torah Trope at Cohen Hillel Academy. I cannot tell you how excited I am to teach this incredible (and lively!) class. We are learning Torah Trope with movement, and will soon apply what we know and read Torah!

In the Shema, we are told "v'shinantam l'vanecha," that we must teach our children what it means to live a Jewish life. I try to provide our members with the tools they need to access the beauty of our tradition.

Cantor Elana


Shabbat lam

Shabbat Around the W rld

at Shirat HayamFriday, January 24 (snow date 1/31)

Service begins at 6:00 pmRSVP* for dinner by January 17 to: [email protected]

or 781.599.8005, or mail your check to CSH,55 Atlantic Avenue, Swampscott 01907

You may also make your reservations online by clicking on the calendar link on the CSH website.

Sorry, we are unable to accept walk-ins and payment at the door.

The community is invited to

Kabbalat Shabbat featuring International Jewish Music

(no charge to attend service only)

followed by a Shabbat Dinner

Dinner - $25.75* a person/$10.00 kids under 10 * 3% discount for cash or check payment $25.00

UKRAINE


David Rosenberg and Joe Selby, Co-Presidents

100%Greetings!

When planning your end-of-year giving, please don’t forget Shirat Hayam.

Please answer the call. We will be making calls to all of our congregants who have not yet taken the opportunity to make their LEV donation. We are counting on 100% participation. If we can get 100% of our families to participate, we will not only meet, but exceed our funding goal. Help us close our funding gap and allow us to provide you with the amazing services and programs to which you have become accustomed.

Shirat Hayam is in the forefront of Conservative Judaism in the country. Rabbi HaLevi has been asked to speak at national conventions to promote radical hospitality and talk about our success. Part of this success is YOUR participation in services, programs, education and social gatherings. Help us continue to be the beacon of light that has transformed our Jewish community and is leading the way across the country.

Give from your heart. It’s your continued participation that we’re asking for. Let us know that we’re on the right track. Help us move toward the future.

Thank you for supporting Shirat Hayam,

David and Joe

[email protected]


Scotch & Shmooze

Gentlemen,

Please join us for an evening of talk,

scotch, shmoozing and... did we say scotch?

Tuesday, December 10, at 7:30 pm

at the JCC4 Community Road, Marblehead

Rabbi Baruch HaLevi

and Marty SchneerRSVP to Karen at: [email protected]

“Sons of Anarchy: Yetzer rah - evil inclination - and why we like to destroy”

The Jewish Family & Children’s Service’s Family Table feeds more than 40 families on the North Shore. We are in great in need for volunteers to help with our monthly food distributions at our food pantry located at Temple Sinai.For further information, contact Lisa Katz at JF&CS - 781-647-5327 or [email protected].

Our next distribution is Sunday, December 8th.We welcome all kosher, nonperishable food. Please check the expiration dates. We are especially in need of raisins, peanut butter, and whole grain crackers.

Drop your donations in the JF&CS Family Table Bin located in the CSH lobby.

Thank you for your support.

Shalom,

Bette Shoreman, CSH Family Table Site Coordinator


Leslie Rooks Sack, Preschool Director

Center for Jewish Education

For more information about CSH PRESCHOOL, contact Leslie Rooks Sack at: 781.598.3311, or email: [email protected]

Preschool Programs• INFANTS ~ Our new infant program is a huge success. We accept infants from 3 months and up.

• MAGIC MOMENTS ~ a group for children 6 months to 2 years, 9 months, and their “favorite” adult. An “introduction” to Preschool.

• TODDLER MOMENTS ~ a program for toddlers 17 months and up.

• PRESCHOOL ~ classes for 3, 4 and 5 year-olds

• TRANSITIONAL CLASS ~ for those children not quite ready for Kindergarten.

Hours are 7:30 am to 6 pm - join the fun!

Shabbat with Rabbi B, Cantor Elana, Cantor Emil and Marcy Yellin

Hazzan Katan with Cantor Elana

Hebrew with Rachel Jacobson Music with Dara Vanremoortel

Daily Lunch Options, including Spanish, and LOTS OF OTHER FUN ACTIVITIES!

Congregation membership is not required to be part of the Preschool; however, a reduced rate is available for CSH members.

The Preschool teachers, children, and their families enjoyed a Family Pizza Supper and Music Fun Time with Marcy Yellin!


Jed Filler, MAJCS, Education DirectorShalom Chaverim:

Center for Jewish Education

As you read this, we will have just completed the first (and last) Thanksgivukkah in our lifetimes. I know you’ve read a lot about it and you’ve heard plenty of jokes (some from me) about ‘menurkeys’ cranberry sauce on latkes, and dreidels that say Nun, GOBBLE, Hay and Shin.

Even with all the excitement and fun - conflating Thanksgiving and Hanukkah reminds us of one of the most important messages of Hanukkah: Keeping the ‘light’ of Jewish identity alive in places where assimilation (being absorbed into the larger culture of the society where you live) presents both benefits and challenges.

We are Americans – able to celebrate and participate fully in the development and role of government, law, and everyday life. We are also Jews – celebrating the covenant (brit) we have with each other and with God. Being able to do both so fully is a gift, and sometimes living the Jewish calendar is more challenging since we are so integrated with America’s ‘secular’ calendar.

So, in the CJE we work with our students and their families to help follow our Jewish calendar – teaching about the holidays, participating in services, and offering programming and resources designed to help our families see the world through Jewish eyes.

All of our classes have worked to make the Hanukkah party we just celebrated full of fun by preparing presentations all about the holiday. Our 5th graders are learning the Torah service, and beginning with Ayn Kamocha they have figured out how to sing it to the ‘cup’ song (I’m gonna miss you when you’re gone). And during a recent class, created illustrations of Vayetze – the Torah portion where Jacob dreams of a ladder between the earth and the heavens. He fell asleep with his head on a rock, and dreamt of a ladder, with angels going up and down. When Jacob awoke, he exclaimed, “How awesome is this place, God is here and I did not know it! I love the creativity of our children, and seeing them bring Torah, holidays and celebrations to life is inspiring, beautiful, and makes this place AWESOME!

Jed


Congregational LifeMarla Gay, DirectorMa Nishmah? What’s Happening?

B’ruchim HaBaim ~ ohtcv ohfurcWelcome to the newest members of the Shirat Hayam family:

Robert Clayman

Lois and Ken Cohen

(aka Cantor Elana’s parents)

Welcome back:

Deborah Margolis and Rita Cusack

Noah and Jonah

Did you know that the Wave is delivered by email to almost 1,000 addresses?

Did you know that we print and mail an additional 200+ copies?

Did you know that we print over 150 that are picked up in the lobby?

Have you considered advertising in the Wave?

Call me at 781.599.8005, Ext. 27 or email [email protected]

Support CSH and advertise your business or service.

L’hitraot,

Marla

Join me on Wednesday, December 4th for a 30 minute Synaguide training session at 6:15 pm.

If you are interested, please let me know so I can prepare enough material.

Thanks! Hope you’ll join me!


Sheila and Stan Rich’s grandson, Harrison David Walker, became a bar mitzvah in Williamsburg, VA

Seth Greenbaum, son of Pearl and Maury Greenbaum and grandson of Golda Greenbaum, recently married Heather Joselyn

Pearl and Maury Greenbaum have a new grandson, Lucas James Greenbaum, born October 16. He is the great-grandson of Golda Greenbaum.

Diane Levin and Stephen Hicks’s son, Adamo Levin Lanza, passed the Massachusetts bar

Brenda and Alan Samiljan’s son, Dan, married Laurel Randoph

Honorable Spencer Kagan was voted Judge of the year for Middlesex County and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Jason Stark married Rachel Weisberg-Polay. Jason is the son of Madeline Stark.

Brenda and Sheldon Cohen’s granddaughter recently became a bat mitzvah

Ellen Reifler and Mark Messenger’s daughter, Elisabeth, recently married Austin Jones

Debbie and Lenny Leibowitz have a new grandson, Roy Harrison Berman

Tziril Miriam Melamed celebrated her 90th birthday and became a bat mitzvah

Marsha and Larry Feffer’s granddaughter, Molly Feffer, became a bat mitzvah

Kvelling... Family Announcements

Send us your simchas! We can publish your pictures. New baby, new home, engagement, marriage, anniversary, special birthday,

new dog, cat, fish.... you get the idea! Share your joy with your CSH family... let’s kvell together!

Send your information (photo optional) to: [email protected].

If you would like to have a card sent to any of the families listed above in honor of their life cycle events, you may make donations online at: www.shirathayam.org or mail your check (minimum $10) payable to CSH, 55 Atlantic Avenue, Swampscott, MA 01907, listing the occasion you are honoring and how you prefer to have the card signed.

Thank you.

Seth Greenbaum and Heather Joselyn

Lucas James Greenbaum


SMARTY YAiSH is the collaborative Jewish youth group of Temple Emanu-El, Marblehead, and Congregation Shirat Hayam, Swampscott. We provide youth programming for Jews in grades 6 - 8 (Jr. SMARTY YAiSH) and 9 - 12 (SMARTY YAiSH).

December Lounge will be at Congregation Shirat Hayam! Lounge Night is on Thursdays from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm and open to grades 9-12. Lounge dates this month are December 5th, 12th and 19th.

Junior Lounge is the second Wednesday of each month from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm. Junior Lounge is open to grades 6-8, and will be on December 11th at Shirat Hayam.

You can reach me at: [email protected]

See you soon!

Rachael

Family Life

Magic MinyanA Shabbat Synaplex™ option for families with children up to 5 years of age - the first Saturday of the month!December 7, January 4, February 1, March 1, April 5, May 3 and June 7 It’s Magic Moments with Marcy - designed for Shabbat! How much better can it get? From 10:45 to 11:30 am, families with Preschool age children and under (kids must bring an adult with them) will enjoy a special musical program that will engage even the babies. Music and movement with a Shabbat or holiday theme is perfect for all the little ones. After the program ends, families will have time to make their way to the sanctuary for the Ruach Rally and enjoy lunch at specially reserved tables for the Magic Minyanettes!

Join us on the first Saturday of the month!


Celebrate Purim with your Shirat Hayam family

Mishloach Manot Program

Watch your mailboxfor information about

how you can participate!


An Evening in Monte Carlo

Thank


You!


The Rosenberg Family

Scott and Melissa Kaplowitch

Casino Room Sponsor

Refreshment Sponsor

Jackpot SponsorThank you to

all of our sponsorsfor making

An Evening in Monte Carlo a huge success!


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Shabbat Experience @ CSHBabysittingAges up to 4Downstairs PlayroomAn adult must remain in the building.

9:00 -11:50 am, weekly Babysitting is provided at no charge so that parents may attend services.

For Everyone - Main Sanctuary11:45 am - noon

Ruach RallyConcluding prayers and Kiddush/Motzi

Community Shabbat Café at noon12:15 pm - Kids’ Kehilla Lounge (when Limud is in session)

12:30 Mini-plex Lunchtime Learning

1:30 Mincha Minyan

Attire is casual. We practice radical hospitality.

Traditional and Alternative Service Schedule Time Service Led by Location

8:30 am Early Mystic Minyan Rabbi HaLevi Sanctuary 8:45 - 9:50 am Renewal Minyan Rabbi HaLevi, Sanctuary Cantor Rozenfeld and Greg Coles 9:00 am Living Minyan Cantor Berkovits Tefillah Studio 10:00 am Torah Service Rabbi HaLevi Sanctuary Cantor Rozenfeld and Cantor Berkovits

10:00 am Yoga Minyan Ariela HaLevi Tefillah Studio

10:00 am Nosh & Drash Torah Study Alternating guest Social Hall rabbis and scholars

11:15 am Healing Havurah Rabbi HaLevi Sanctuary

11:25 am Rabbi’s Ruach Reflections Rabbi HaLevi Sanctuary

Limud ShabbatKids’ CJE ExperienceCenter for Jewish EducationAges 4* and up9:00 - noon weekly

*Preschool Limud Shabbat is free and open to the community. Registration required.


Early Mystic Minyan - 8:30 am

As it says in the Mishnah, the early mystics would gather together and sit for an hour before even attempting to formally engage in prayer. So too at CSH we offer the Early Mystic Minyan as an option for practitioners of meditation to come and sit as we begin to open up the space of our Sanctuary on Shabbat and of our hearts in the early quiet hours before the crowds arrive. There will be minimal, if any, instruction for the first fifteen minutes. It is a time to gather one’s self and one’s thoughts together through individual prayer without words.

Renewal Minyan - 8:45 - 9:50 am

The Renewal Minyan is an attempted synthesis of keva – the traditional structure of tefillah (Jewish prayers) with kavanah – spiritual depth within the prayer itself. During the Renewal Minyan we are committed to traversing the Shabbat morning tefillot structure (Birkot HaShachar, P’seukei D’Zimrah, Shachrit), but not necessarily davening (praying) each and every prayer along the way. Our aim, again, is to strike a balance between breadth and depth, and within a one hour period that is a fine balance, to be sure.

Living Minyan: Traditional Prayers and Learning - 9:00 am

The great thing about being Jewish is to be part of a tradition that is thousands of years old! But if you can’t read Hebrew, don’t know the words, or maybe can’t carry a tune, tradition can feel a little daunting. Would you like to learn more about the traditional morning service that greets the day on Shabbat? Come and join Cantor Emil and friends in a safe, welcoming space to discover the beauty of traditional Jewish liturgy, prayer and song in a user-friendly format. You can build your knowledge and self-confidence, and impress your bubbe or grandchild. Everyone’s invited, including the tone-deaf and non-Hebrew-readers!

Yoga Minyan - 10:00 am

A full-body Shabbat experience. Yoga Minyan incorporates yoga practice with a Shabbat theme.

Nosh and Drash - 10:00 am

Grab a cup of coffee and nosh at the Boker Tov Café, and join the guest rabbi or scholar for a Torah-based Shabbat learning experience.

Alternative Service Information

Nosh and DrashPick up your “nosh” at the Boker Tov Café and enjoy a Torah study session in the hall with the following guest scholars for December:

7 - Jed Filler; 14 - Dr. Harvey Zarren; 21 and 28 - No Nosh & Drash

Mini-PlexBring your dessert to the designated table and study with us.

December:

7, 14 - Rabbi B 21 - Jed Filler 28 - TBD

Service ScheduleDaily Minyan

Monday - Friday mornings: 7:30 am; Monday - Thursday evenings: 7:00 pm; Sundays - 9:00 am; 6:00 pm

Shabbat Friday evenings: 6:00 pm; Saturday mornings begin at 8:30 am (see Synaplex schedule) Saturday afternoon mincha: 1:30 pm

Candle Lighting December

6 - 3:53; 13 - 3:53; 20 - 3:55;

27 - 3:59

Magic Minyan - 10:45 - 11:30 am Musical Shabbat programs for the littlest ones and their grown-ups. Magic Minyan with Marcy (Preschool age and under) is held on the second Saturday of the month.


Condolences, Well Wishes & Donations

Condolences to:Shari and Robert Cashman on the loss of Shari’s father, Richard Sorkin

Jeff and Amy Sorkin on the loss of Jeff’s father, Richard Sorkin

Nancy Sorkin on the loss of her father, Richard Sorkin

Benjamin Spector on the loss of his son, Joel Spector

Barbara and Ron Gilefsky on the loss of Barbara’s cousin, Stephen Richmond

Mimi Nelson Oliver on the loss of her father, Mortimer Nelson

Sandi and Arnold Shuman on the loss of Sandi’s mother, Charlotte Egoodkin

Esther and Richard Salinsky on the loss of Esther’s mother, Helen Bloom

RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND

With great appreciation to CSH

by Miriam Parisi

In appreciation of Rabbi B and Cantor Emil’s help and dedication in preparing Griffin to become a Bar Mitzvah

by Michael and Kim Kramer

In memory of Roz Shapiro’s mother, Esther Shapiro

by Esther, Steve and Erik Harris

In honor of the marriage of Alan and Ina Hoffman’s son, Steven, to Danielle Turban

by Arlene and David Addis

Donations

In memory of Phyllis Eidelman’s father, Eli Gordon

by Lois and Bobby Kaplan

Wishes for a speedy recovery to Arthur Epstein

by Ira and Judy Rosenberg; David and Karen Rosenberg; Lori and Jon Shane

With grateful appreciation to Rabbi B for his love and support in the loss of my beloved husband, Ed

by Margie Shapiro

In honor of the birth of Johnny and Sharon Gold’s granddaughter, Tatum Rose

by Ruth Lunder

In honor of Sidney Sineter’s birthday

In memory of Roberta Stoll

In honor of our 65th wedding anniversary

by Harriett and Ralph Kaplan

In appreciation of the wonderful anniversary service

by Bunny and Lenny Lieberson

With gratitude to Rabbi B for co-officiating at the wedding of Jason and Rachel

by Madeline, Marisa and Avery Stark

In appreciation of Rabbi B’s concern during my recent illness

by Ellen Alexander

CANTOR ELANA’S DISCRETIONARY FUND

In appreciation of Cantor Elana’s concern during my recent illness

by Ellen Alexander

With gratitude to Cantor Elana for her blessing of Jason and Rachel at their wedding

by Madeline Stark

CANTOR EMIL’S DISCRETIONARY FUND

In honor of the birth of Golda Greenbaum’s great-grandson and the wedding of her grandson

by Yudi and Ben Spector

In memory of Lois and Jerry Ogan’s son-in-law, Ed Shapiro

by Roz and Sandy Levy

In appreciation of Cantor Emil leading the minyan at the memorial service of my sister, Susan Somer Parmalee

by Margaret Somer

In honor of Griffin Kramer becoming a Bar Mitzvah

by Michael and Kim Kramer

To Diane Sinrich in memory of her sister-in-law, Peggy Sinrich

by Leeta Sinrich

In honor of Cantor Emil, Todah Rabah, Rosh Hodesh Aliyot and all your support

In honor of Mr. & Mrs. Norton Halber’s grandson, Zachary, becoming a Bar Mitzvah

In honor of Jason Stark and Rachel Weisberg-Polay’s marriage

by Natalie White

Get well wishes to Ellen Alexander

by Gloria Sax


In appreciation of Cantor Emil’s concern during my recent illness

by Ellen Alexander

In honor of Roz and Sandy Levy’s granddaughter, Noa, becoming a Bat Mitzvah

by Carolyn Perlow

With gratitude to Cantor Emil for always being there for my family

by Madeline Stark

In honor of Cantor Emil

by David and Harriet Moldau

In honor of Cantor Emil for his guidance in preparing Stan in his Torah reading for our grandson’s Bar Mitzvah

by Sheila and Stan Rich

In memory of:

Mother, Hester Berman

by Leeta Sinrich

Sister, Zelda Rotman

Uncle, Leo Sevinor

by Philip Sevinor

Sister, Rose Volch

by Elaine Sevinor

CSH PRESCHOOL FUND

In honor of the marriage of Beth and Peter Shribman’s daughter, Nikki, to Doug Lutin

In memory of Michael and Adam McSwiggin’s father, Scott McSwiggin

by Debbie and Len Leibowitz

In honor of the marriage of Brenda and Alan Samiljan’s son, Dan, to Laurel Randolph

by Debbie and Len Leibowitz; Leslie Sack and Steven Baratz

In honor of the birth of Debbie and Lenny Leibowitz’s grandson,

Roy Harrison Berman

by Arthur and Cheryl Schwartz

CENTER FOR JEWISH EDUCATION FUND


In memory of Richard Sorkin

by Jeffrey and Beth Kasten

GENERAL FUND

In memory of David Zion’s mother, Maralyn Keay

by Larry and Lori Groipen


by Carol Wolf

With get well wishes to Arthur Epstein

by Sylvia and Mickey Mizner

In memory of Cynthia Fisher’s sister, Nathalie Sullaway

by Ira and Judy Rosenberg

With wishes for a speedy recovery to Phil Cohen

by Herb and Audrey Weinstein

In memory of Shari Cashman’s father, Richard Sorkin

by Harryette Katzen; Mark and Karen Meyer and family

With appreciation for the opportunity to attend Yom Kippur services at CSH

by Jeff Hoffman and family


by Larry and Lori Groipen

SAMUEL BRODY MINYAN FUND

In honor of the 60th wedding anniversary of Helaine and Harvey Cotton

by Maxine and Stuart Friedman

In honor of Sylvia Revman’s 90th birthday

In honor of the grandchildren of Rabbi Ken and Sue Weiss becoming B’nai Mitzvah

by Natalie White

In honor of the marriage of Jerry and Lois Ogan’s grandson and Margie Shapiro’s son, Brian Farnsworth, to Renee Vieira

by Helaine and Harvey Cotton

In memory of:

Father, Benjamin Hander

by Helyne Hamelburg

Aunt, Ida Poleschuck

by Marilyn Epstein

Father, Shloma Gankin

by Bella Fridman

Father, Albert Katz

by Carole Spatz

Mother, Ruth Goldstein

by Carolyn Perlow

Father, Jack Richmond

by Arlene Addis

Father, Samuel Forman

Mother, Beatrice Forman

by Frances Barbanel

Father, Irving Goldberg

by Howard Goldberg

Father, Morris Phillips

by Frederic Phillips

Father, Barnett Cohen

by Sheldon Cohen

Father, Sidney Belostock

by Gary Belostock

Husband, William Tenenbaum

by Joann Tenenbaum


Sister, Eunice Freedman

by David Levy

Mother, Anna Cohen

by Mark Cohen

Father, Morris Finn

by Brenda Cohen

Mother-in-law, Rose Fine

Sister, Rose Sogoloff

Wife, Ruth Sogoloff

by Hyman Sogoloff

Father, Samuel Landfield

by Miriam Ostrovitz

Mother, Edna Gordon

by Gerald Gordon

Mother, Mildred Shanker

by Ruth Shanker

Mother, Sylvia Polsky

by Bernice Mitchell

Father-in-law, Israel Greenbaum

by Golda Greenbaum

Grandmother, Rose Goldberg

by Leslie Ogan

Father, Herbert Tatelman

by Richard Tatelman

Father, Jacob Hertz

by Leonard Hertz

Brother, Harvey Kirstein

by Phyllis Kaplan

Mother, Florence Kaplan

by Howard Kaplan

Father, William Kaplan

Mother, Helen London

by Michael Kaplan

Father, Jacob Yellin

by Benjamin Yellin

Grandmother, Pauline Feffer

by Lawrence Feffer

Grandmother, Flora Goldstein

by Marsha Feffer

Father, Samuel Chaves

by Mildred Harris

Grandfather, Hyman Cohen

by Shelley Sackett

Father, Jacob Karas

by Phyllis and Jack Karas

Mother, Doris Barnett

by Jodie Barnett

Father, Gerald Price

by Marjorie Bean

Mother, Gail Silverman

by Marci Alperin

Mother-in-law, Anna Greenberg

Brother-in-law, Frank Finkle

Brother-in-law, Joseph Finkle

Uncle, Jacob Gilberg

Sister-in-law, Rose Yudin

by Mildred Finkle

Father, Maurice Marder

by Robert Marder

Father, Harold Berman

by Seth Berman

Father, Israel Bluestein

by Janice Kelley

Mother, Sylvia Gelb

by Richard Gelb

Mother, Tovah Hurwitz

by Myles Hurwitz

Father, Saul Goldberg

by Lois Miller

Father, Maurice Shapiro

by Rosalyn Shapiro

KIDDUSH FUND

In honor of Philip Sevinor’s 90th birthday

by Brian, JoAnn, Marla and Brandon Freedman


by Phil and Elaine Sevinor


In honor of Sylvia Revman’s special birthday

by Joan and Murry Rich


by Alice and Charles Leidner; Norma Rooks

In honor of Bery and Robert Sanford’s grandson, Nicolas Karns, becoming a Bar Mitzvah

by Reggie and Lew Weinstein


by Herb and Arlene Leventhal; Roz and Sandy Levy

In honor of David and Karen Rosenberg being honored by Cohen Hillel Academy

by Ethel and Steve Harris

Get well wishes to Ira Rosenberg

Get well wishes to Arthur Epstein

by Arlene and Herb Leventhal

To the Sorkin family, in memory of their father, Richard Sorkin

by Susan and Larry Goldberg; Phyllis Sagan

To Barri Stein in honor of her new home

by Jackie and Bob Myerson




To Michael Sherman and family, in memory of Sheldon Sherman

by Samuel and Carol Denbo

In memory of Ivy Finn’s grandmother

by Arlene and Herb Leventhal

In honor of the engagement of Marcy and Ben Yellin’s son, Seth, to Diana ………


In honor of the 60th wedding anniversary of Harvey and Helaine Cotton

by Arnie and Rand Bergman

In honor of the Honorable Spencer Kagan being voted Judge of the year for Middlesex County and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

by the entire Leventhal family

To the Sorkin family in memory of Richard Sorkin

by Sandy, Jeff, Jackie and Leslie Hirshberg

In honor of Madeline Stark’s son, Jason’s, wedding

by Roz and Sandy Levy; Sidney and Bea Strome

In honor of Brenda and Sheldon Cohen’s granddaughter becoming a Bat Mitzvah

In memory of Jody Cashman’s father

by Carolyn Perlow

In honor of Sylvia Revman’s 90th birthday In memory of Richard Sorkin In honor of Jason Stark’s Marriage

by Rhonda and David Preman

In honor of Barri Stein, for everything she does

by Madeline Stark and family

In honor of Roz and Sandy Levy’s granddaughter, Noa, becoming a Bat Mitzvah

by Sidney and Bea Strome

In honor of Mimi Milamed’s big weekend

by Harriet and Fred Abel

In memory of Mimi Oliver’s father, Mortimer Nelson

by Larry and Susan Goldberg

In honor of Miriam Milamed’s 90th birthday Bat Mitzvah

by Millie and Arthur Oslon

In honor of the marriage of Mark Messenger and Ellen Reifler’s daughter, Elizabeth Messenger

by Jerry Rosen

In memory of:

Mother, Sara Mack

by Harold Mack

Mother, Pauline Alexander

by Lawrence Alexander

Mother, Eunice Epstein

by Julie Nadal

Grandfather, Louis Pekin

by Joan Rich

Mother, Mollie Rosenberg

by Ira Rosenberg

Mother, Betty Liss

by Michele Tamaren

Mother, Estelle Foreman

by Rand Foreman-Bergman and Arnie Bergman

Mother, Sarah Dubinsky

by Michael Dubinsky

My loved one, Edwin Kramer

by Ann Segal

Grandmother, Ida Glosband

by Daniel Glosband

Mother, Connie Comins

by Edye Baker

Brother, Gary Ogan

by Robert Ogan

Father, Samuel Landfield

by Harriet Sussman

Mother, Rebecca Bailen

by Jacob Bailen

Father, Louis Cohen

by Mark Cohen

Grandfather, Max Rubin

by Rhonda Preman

Father, Jacob Denbo

by Samuel Denbo

Mother, Bessie Tassel

by Frances Babbitt

Father, George Leventhal

by Herb and Arlene Leventhal and Family

Son, Scott Strome

by Sidney Strome

Father-in-law, Carl Tuttman

Husband, Samuel Tuttman

by Grace Tuttman

Brother, Carl Rafey

by Anita Rimer

Father, Maurice Klasky


Grandmother, Frances Berlow

by Claudia Rodenstein


Mother, Frances Berlow

by Bette Ann Weisman

Mother-in-law, Lillian Kramer

by Esther Kramer

Wife, Frances Goldfield

by Morris Goldfield

Husband, Hyman Colman

by Lorraine Colman

Grandmother, Millie Fischer

by Deborah Birnbach

Father, Maks Birbach

by Norman Birnbach

Mother, Lilyan Comins

by Stuart Comins

Brother, Robert Alexander

by Richard and Ellen Alexander

Father, Hyman Karp

by Lois Ogan

Mother, Shirley Flanzbaum

by Barbara Meyer

Father, Harold Gelb

by Richard Gelb

Brother, Martin Dillon

by Nonnie Rubin

Stepfather, Joseph Marenberg

by Ronald Rubin

Brother, Robert Alexander

by Susan Willis

Father, Isaac Myerson

by Robert Myerson

Stepmother, Sylvia Quint

by Marilyn Epstein

TORAH FUND

In honor of Miriam Milamed’s Bat Mitzvah

by Marion and Bob Garfinkel and family

In memory of:

Father, Nathan Germain

by Marion and Bob Garfinkel and family

HENRY MERKEN TALLIT MEMORIAL FUND

In memory of:

Father, Maurice Dinerman

by Elaine Merken

DR. N. MILTON INSUIK MEMORIAL GARDEN

In memory of:

Father, Jacob Clebnik

by Eleanor Levingston

PRAYERBOOK FUND

In memory of Helen Levine’s brother, David Levine

by Evelyn Harmon

In honor of Phil Sevinor’s 90th birthday


by Joel and Stephanie Cohen

To the Sorkin family in memory of their father, Richard Sorkin

by Ethel, Steve and Erik Harris

In memory of Marjorie Patkin’s father

by Jack and Esther Schlusselberg

In memory of Jeffrey Sorkin’s father, Richard Sorkin

by Nanci Small and Michael Halperin, Jacob and Ali Small and George Silverman

In honor of Mimi Milamed’s 90th birthday

by Marty, Sharon Aaron and Marc Bregman

SMITH LANDSCAPE FUND



In memory of our aunt, Pauline Glosband School

by Marjorie Glosband Hart and Sherryl Rosen

JACK POLONSKY BUILDING FUND

In memory of:

Mother, Rose Polonsky

by Norma and Sherman Freedman

TREE PLANTED IN ISRAEL

In honor of Marianne Pfau’s 95th birthday

by Samuel Denbo

In memory of Rudy Bean

In memory of Abigail Schwartz

In memory of Judith Ostrovitz

In memory of Harriett Schechter

In memory of Marilyn Dobrusin (Bubbie)

by The Alvarez Ostrovitz family

In memory of Shirley Heifetz

by Mark, Karen and Ricki Meyer and Mara and Jon

In memory of Dr. James Madden

by Edward and Dena Bailey

TIKVAH FUND


In honor of Golda Greenbaum’s


new great-grandchild and her grandson’s wedding

by Sidney and Beatrice Strome

In honor of the birth of Marcy and Ben Yellin’s grandchild

by Alice and Charles Leidner

In honor of the marriage of Rachel Weisberg-Polay and Jason Stark

by Marcy and Ben Yellin

BURT SHEPARD SCHOLARSHIP FUND

In memory of Margie Shapiro’s husband, Ed Shapiro

by Bette and Daniel Shoreman

In memory of Marjorie Patkin’s father, Leon Weiss

In memory of Shari Frost’s father, Mickey Lokomowitz


by Jeff and Amy Sorkin


In honor of Golda Greenbaum’s grandson’s wedding

In honor of Mark Messenger and Ellen Reifler’s daughter, Elisabeth Messenger’s wedding

In honor of Madeline Stark’s son, Jason’s wedding

In memory of Richard Sorkin

by Becky and Burt Shepard; Eddie and Diane Knopf

In honor of Burt Shepard’s special birthday

by Susan, Larry and Elana Weiner

With get well wishes to Becky Shepard

by Jackie and Bob Myerson

In memory of David Addis’s brother

by Gloria Sax and Mitchell Comins

In memory of:

Lawrence Moldau

Father, Joseph Moldau

by David Moldau

Father, George Weisbrot

Mother, Beatrice Weisbrot

by Harriet Moldau

FAMILY PROGRAM FUND

In honor of David and Karen Rosenberg being recognized as community leaders

by Ellen, Larry and Sara Lodgen

MILTON AND ESTELLE FEINSTEIN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND

In memory of:

Beloved mother and grandmother, Estelle Feinstein

by Sandra Feinstein Yackolow and Barry and Susan Yackolow

LEV INITIATIVE

by Herb and Nancy Miller


by Ann-Jean Flaxer and family

In honor of Sylvia Revman’s special birthday

by Murray and Jill Goodman

To CSH, in appreciation of a wonderful, memorable and meaningful Shabbat Olam

by Helaine and Harvey Cotton

In honor of Sheldon and Brenda Cohen’s granddaughter becoming a Bat Mitzvah


In honor of the wedding of Madeline Stark’s son, Jason’s wedding

in memory of Phyllis Eidelman’s father, Eli Gordon

by Carolyn Perlow

MUSIC

In honor of Annette Baker’s daughter, Rachel Baker, becoming a Bat Mitzvah

by Donna and Ed Seligman

KIDDUSH

by Hal Schwartz

Cuba Mission The Jewish Community of Cuba

March 16 - 24, 2014 The deadline to register for the mission to Cuba has been extended to mid-December.

For more information, please contact Desiree Gill at: [email protected].


Todah rabah.The following CSH members have generously contributed to the Lev Campaign this fiscal year.

Howard & Izzi Abrams

Sidney & Barbara Abramson

Ben & Meredith Adner

Richard & Ellen Alexander

Ilan Amar

Abraham & Frances Babbitt

Jack & Ann Bailen

Edye Baker

Henry & Frances Barbanel

Gloria Baskt

Ariel & Carrie Berger

Jeffrey & Cindy Blonder

Edward & Frances Bobroff

Adam & Jennifer Bookman

Kate Borten

Jeffry & Harriet Brand

Rebecca & Laura Brochstein

Howard & Debra Brooks

Edward & Diana Caplan

Marvin Cashman

Robert & Shari Cashman

Fay Castleman

Bob Clifford & Melissa Robbins Clifford

Brian & Michele Cohen

Barry & Caryn Cohen

Harold & Janice Cohen

Joel & Stephanie Cohen

Sheldon & Brenda Cohen

Neil & Deanna Cooper

Rhonda Cormier

Harvey & Helaine Cotton

Samuel & Carol Denbo

Alan Diamond

Arnie & Linda Dubinsky

Jonathan & Rachelle Dubow

Harold & Marilyn Epstein

Ralph & Linda Epstein

Adam & Leah Faria

Scott & Ann Flaxer

Steve & Ellen Frankel

Steven Freiman & Frances Levy-Freiman

Mark & Carolyn Friedman

Sheldon Frisch & Fern Selesnick

Timothy & Deborah Gabe

Joan Garfield

Robert & Marion Garfinkel

Richard & Gail Gelb

Marsha Gerber

Gerald & Gail Gerson

Thelma Gibbs

Alan & Valerie Gilbert

Irene Gilberg

Ronald & Barbara Gilefsky

Arthur & Esther Goldberg

Herbert Goldberg

Larry & Susan Goldberg

Morris Goldfield

Sandra Goldstein

Murray & Jill Goodman

Maurice & Pearl Greenbaum

Michael & Carla Greenberg

Paul & Jahna Gregory

Ronna Greif

Larry & Lori Groipen

Mark & Allison Gustavson

Stephen & Helyne Hamelburg

Avram & Laurie Hammer

Bernard & Evelyn Handis

Stephen & Ethel Harris

Robert & Diane Hart

James & Helaine Hazlett

Christopher & Jennifer Hockert

Alan & Ina Hoffman

Harold & Sandra Hoffman

Julie Hoffman

Robert & Beth Hoffman

Donald & Lois Hurwitz

Spencer & Donna Kagan

Beverly Kahn

Eric & Ruth Kahn

Ralph & Harriett Kaplan

Robert & Lois Kaplan

Scott & Melissa Kaplowitch

Semyon & Irena Karasik

Bowen & Nancy Kerins

Nelson & Libby Kessler

Richard & Nancy Klayman

Edward & Diane Knopf

Christine Koretz

Ronald & Teri Krawitz

Bob & Lily Krentzman


Cookie & Herb Kupersmith

Richard & Ann Landau

Joel Langsam

Andrew & Nancy Leader-Cramer

Lenny & Debbie Leibowitz

Tom Levenberg & Amanda Clayman

Diane Levin & Steven Hicks

Jason & Mikaela Levine

Perlina Levitin

David & Marilyn Levy

Sanford & Roz Levy

Leonard & Bunny Lieberson

Jacob & Ludmilla V. Lifson

Saul & Sylvia Lipnick

Harold & Harriet Mack

Timothy McMahon & Mindy Aaronson-McMahon

Anita Mehlman

Elaine Merken

Mark Messenger & Ellen Reifler

Mark & Karen Meyer

Paul Michaels & Joanna Duby

Lois Miller & Irving Weisman

Aron & Galina Mirmelshteyn

Neal & Lynn Mizner

Robert & Jacqueline Myerson

Albert & Gila Namias

Howard & Karynn Needel

Jerome & Lois Ogan

Robert & Leslie Ogan

Miriam Oliver

Jeffrey Oringer & Linda Kleeman

Miriam Ostrovitz

Phyllis Patkin

Carolyn Perlow

Richard & Wendy Polins

Edward & Carol Ann Price

Prime Motors

Murry & Joan Rich

Stanley & Sheila Rich

Jerry Rosen

Michael & Rachelle Rosenbaum

William & Arlyne Rosenberg

Steven & Betty Ross

Walter & Lydia Rozovsky

David & Ila Sabino

Phyllis Sagan

Scott & Julie Sagan

Richard & Esther Salinsky

Amy Saltz

Cory & Rachel Schauer

Estate of Abilgail Schwartz

George & Janna Schwartz

Hal Schwartz & Melissa Upton

Ann Segal

Dorothy Segal

Jacob & Marilyn Segal

Joseph & Ariana Selby

Robert & Anne Selby

Edward & Donna Seligman

Ruth Shanker

Myril Sheinkopf

Burton & Rebecca Shepard

Daniel & Bette Shoreman

Alan & Barbara Sidman

Jason & Renee Sidman

Ellen Silverman

Carl & Toby Sloane

Edward & Joanne Smith

Hyman Sogoloff

Andrew Sokolov & Liya Ageenko

Steven & Karen Solomon

Robert & Roberta Soltz

Max & Cheryl Sontz

Jeffrey & Amy Sorkin

Ben & Edith Spector

Jason Stark

Sidney & Beatrice Strome

Allen Surkis

Harriet Sussman

Matthew & Allison Swartz

Eli & Muriel Talkov

Richard & Dorothy Tatelman

Wayne & Eileen Trebbin

Barry & Ellen Turkanis

Philip & Marilyn Vener

Peter Waldfogel & Maureen O'Reilly

Lewis & Reggie Weinstein

Nathaniel & Lauren Weiss

Natalie White

Sandy Feinstein Yackolow

Adam & Andrea York

Harvey & Gail Zarren

Marjorie Zoll

As of November 12

The names listed represent 38% of our congregation.

Please help us reach the goal of 100% participation.


Chesed CommitteeKarynn Needel and Beth Hoffman, Co-chairs

The Chesed Committee has been very busy lending a hand by providing meals, rides, visits and general emotional support to the congregation, as needed. The committee’s mission is to help congregants and their families in times of crisis. They are the first responders, there to do triage until other “sources” are notified and become available.

If you want to become a part of this GREAT committee, please let us know. There is a little something for everyone to do within the Chesed Committee!

Please contact us if you know of someone in need. We can only help those that we know about.

Thank you!

Karynn and BethContact Karynn Needel at: [email protected] or Beth Hoffman at: [email protected].

2013 Advertising Rates Congregation Shirat Hayam Wave

Size Monthly Rate Annual Rate Black & White Color Black & White Color

2 x 3½ (business card size) $30 $45 $350 $455

4 x 5 $60 $90 $700 $910

8 x 5 (1/2 page) $125 $187.50 $1,400 $1,820

8 x 8 $180 $270 $2,100 $2,730

Full Page 8 x 11 $225 $337.50 $2,500 $3,250

Contact Marla Gay at: 781.599.8005 or [email protected]

YahrtzeitsIf you have a yahrtzeit and plan to say kaddish at CSH, please bring a friend or two. Help make the perfect “10” at minyan.

Holidays 5774 January 16 Tu B’Shevat

March 13 Purim

April 15 Passover


CSH Minyannaires Thank you to the following members for supporting daily services in November:Ellen Alexander, Rand Foreman-Bergman, Kate Borten, *Joel Cohen, Michael Cohen, Neil Cooper, Deanna Cooper, Larry Fef-fer, Bernie Forbush, *Barbara Tobin-Forbush, Fran Levy-Freiman, Herb Goldberg, Sandra Goldstein, *Murray Goodman, *Ellen Gordon, Sandy Hirshberg, Don Hurwitz, Lois Hurwitz, Gary Insuik, *Eric Kahn, Jack Karas, Nancy Klayman, Eddie Knopf, Alice Leidner, Charles Leidner, Arlene Leventhal, Diane Levin, Mikaela Levine, Roz Levy, Sandy Levy, Steven Levy, Elaine Merken, *Mark Messenger, Carolyn Perlow, Lenny Poster, Sylvia Revman, Joan Rich, Murry Rich, Stanley Rich, Sheila Rich, *Michael Rosenbaum, Georgie Sawyer, Gloria Sax, Ann Segal, *Carl Shalit, Margery Shapiro, Becky Shepard, Burt Shepard, Bette Shoreman, Dan Shoreman, *Alan Sidman, *Jason Stark, Madeline Stark, Bea Strome, Sidney Strome, *Eli Talkov, Natalie White

*denotes service leaders

We are very fortunate to have the above minyannaires attend when they can. However, please know that making a minyan twice a day is a challenge.

Please consider helping to make a minyan - once a week, once a month or whenever you can. Those needing a minyan to say kaddish would greatly appreciate it.

Shabbat Café SponsorsThank you to the following for co-sponsoring the Shabbat Café in November

Rhonda and David Preman, Margery and Jerry Somers, Ralph and Debra Sevinor, Arlene and Herb Leventhal, Ralph and Loretta Rotman in honor of Phil Sevinor’s 90th birthday

Madeline Stark in honor of her son Jason’s marriage to Rachel Weisberg-Polay

Mimi and Bob Milamed in honor of Mimi becoming a bat mitzvah and her 90th birthday, and their daughter, Naomi Milamed Prendergast, chanting haftarah on the anniversary of her bat mitzvah

Esther and Richard Salinsky in memory of all loved souls

The Congregation Shirat Hayam Shabbat Café Fund helps support our Shabbat luncheons, and commemorate a yahrzeit. For information about sponsoring or co-sponsoring a Shabbat Café, please contact Barri Stein at: [email protected] or 781.599.8005, Ext. 11.

Todah Rabah Thank you to the following for participating in services in November

Torah Readers: Jason Stark, Diane LevinHaftarah Chanters: Bob Biletch, Diane Levin, Tziril Miriam Milamed, Naomi Milamed Prendergast, Andrea Katz, Deanna Cooper If you would like to read Torah or chant a Haftarah, contact Cantor Emil: [email protected].


Spirited Sisters:Circle at the SeaCome celebrate the joy of Judaism, and the soul connection and support of our sister seekers. Together we will share in spiritual conversation and exploration. We will sing, dance, study, observe, play and share from the heart as we touch into mystical, magical, meaningful women’s experiences and deep gifts of our foremothers.

The Circle meets monthly and will be led by those of us who wish to share our gifts, talents and interests in this co-created gathering. You are invited to attend one or all. All women are welcome and no Hebrew is necessary. Please mark your calendars to join this wonderful program.

The Spirited Sisters will meet on Sunday evenings,

7:00 to 9:00 pm at CSH: 2013 - December 8;

2014 - March 2, April 6, May 4 For more information, please contact Mimi at: [email protected] or 781-631-0318.

CSH Book Club - Everyone’s welcome!

7:30 pm on the following Monday evenings:

December 16 The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom

January 20 The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult

February 17 I Am Forbidden by Anouk Markovits

March 17 American Pastoral by Philip Roth

April 28 In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larsen

May 19 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

June 16 The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty

The CSH Book Club is open to the community - please join us. For more information, email Becky Shepard at: [email protected].


If you are interested, contact Marla Gay at 781.599.8005 Ext. 27, or Email: [email protected]

JERUSALEM B’nai Mitzvah at Southern Wall Excavation Western Wall Tunnels Mt. Herzl Cemetery and Museum Yad VashemTHE SOUTH Ramon Crater Ein Ovdat Masada Dead SeaTHE NORTHRoman Theater and ancient ruins in Caesarea Grottoes at Rosh Hanikra Jeep tour through the Golan Heights Visit Mystical Safed and study with Rabbi B and his sister, Rebecca Rosen, Psychic Medium and author of “Awaken the Spirit Within” Rafting trip down the Jordan River Swim in Gan SachneTEL AVIV Rabin Square Palmach Museum Jaffa ...AND SO MUCH MORE!

Land package: $3,950.00*Single supplement: $1,295.003rd person (under 18) in a room, deduct $585.00

*Pricing for Shirat Hayam members and their families. Non-CSH members please add $100/person. administrative fee.

Israel Highlights

Join Rabbi HaLeviand

Shirat Hayam forthe trip of

a lifetime...

Israel ktrah

July 27 - August 7,2014


Brotherhood

CSH BrotherhoodJoin Brotherhood for

Monday Night Football

Watch the game and have a bite to eat!

$10 gets you dinner, including beer and soda

You must rsvp for dinner to:

[email protected]

Monday night games begin at 8:40, so the dinner will be served at 8:00 pm on the following dates:

December 2, 9, 16, 23

Meal Deliveries on Christmas DayEvery year, CSH Brotherhood leads the way to deliver meals to those in need on Christmas day. This year, we will pick up the meals at GLSS in Lynn. If you would like to volunteer, please send an email to Max Sontz at [email protected], or call Marla Gay and she will connect you to the appropriate source.

If you would like to get involved with Brotherhood, please send me an email at [email protected]. I look forward to hearing from you!

Brian Cohen, Brotherhood President

Library CornerBrandes, Joseph - in association with Martin Douglas

" Immigrants to Freedom" - Jews as farmers! - 1850's to 1960's

Chetkin, Len - "Guess Who's Jewish?"

Covers Jewish sport stars, the comedians, Would You Believe, Hollywood hitters - a must read which will truly surprise you - your reviewer. Mayer, Jack - "Life in a Jar" - the Irena Sendler project.

Based on the true story of Irena Sendler, a Holocaust hero, and the Kansas teens who “Rescued the Rescuer".

Lemmon, Gayle Tzemach - "The Dressmaker of Khair Khana"

"A fascinating window of Afghan life under the Taliban and a celebration of women the world over who support their loved ones with tenacity, inventiveness and sheer guts" - People This is a New York Best Seller.


DONATE


Team CSHCSH Board [email protected]

*Howard Abrams, Education *Ellen Alexander, Budget and Finance

David Brodsky

Brian Cohen

Chris Hockert

*Tom Levenberg, Congregational Home

Diane Levin

*Jason Levine, Assistant Treasurer

Karynn Needel

Leslie Ogan

*David Rosenberg Co-President

*Julie Sagan, Programming

Hal Schwartz

Laura Schulman-Brochstein

*Joe Selby, Co-President

Wayne Trebbin*Executive Committee

CSH [email protected] Direct Line: 781.598.3311

Leslie Rooks Sack, Director [email protected]

Debbie Leibowitz, Assistant Director [email protected]

Preschool Staff:Erin BrowningMelissa CaplanChristine DolanSonia D’OliveriaDeana FilipiakMarcy FurlongValerie GilbertStefanie GladstoneDonna HingstonMelissa HudsonWendy LewisShari LosannoBarbara LevineKimberly ManleyAlison MichiganHallie PicaKelly PorterSusan RobertsCheryl SchwartzRebecca SontzNancy TerranovaDeborah WyethMarcy Yellin

CJECenter for Jewish Education

[email protected] Direct Line: 781.346.6075

Jed Filler, Director of Education [email protected] Ext. 24

Ann Navon, CJE Program Coordinator [email protected] Ext. 25

CJE Staff:Melissa CaplanPhyllis EidelmanValerie GilbertStefanie GladstoneLynne GreenbergHalie PicaCheryl SchwartzDaphna ShemeshRachel ShwartzJulie F. SilverJason StarkBeth TassinariElana WeinerMarcy Yellin

Jamie EhrlichAriel FriedmanAnna GodesGennifer GreenbergMatt JepskyMichael KatzenJustyn NeedelAustin SaganKaylie SchiowitzRoie ShemeshJared SolomonJesse Tuttle

CJE Madrichim

CSH Clergy & StaffRabbi Baruch HaLevi [email protected] Ext. 14

Cantor Elana Rozenfeld [email protected] Ext. 12

Cantor Emeritus Emil Berkovits [email protected] Ext. 13 Direct line: 781.346.6074

Marla Gay, Director of Congregational Life [email protected] Ext. 27

Barri G. Stein, Director of Events and Facility [email protected] Ext. 11

Marylou Barry, Office Manager [email protected] Ext. 10 Richard Kelleher, Bookkeeper [email protected] Ext. 22Rabbi Emeritus Edgar Weinsberg

Youth Rachael Pass Youth Director [email protected]

Maintenence Gus Ventura, Eridania Vicioso, Yanira Romero, Cesar Rivas


December 2013 2 Monday7:20 pm Mahjong

8:30 pm Monday Night Football

3 Tuesday

4:00 pm Limud Tuesday

5:30 pm CSH Hanukkah Celebration

4 Wednesday

3:00 pm iShir Katan

3:30 pm iShir

4:00 pm Limud Lab

6:15 pm Synaguide Training

7:30 pm Kol Isha Choir

5 Thursday7:00 pm YAiSH Lounge@CSH

7:30 pm Mahjong

6 Friday6:00 pm Kabbalat Shabbat

7 SaturdayFull Synaplex, Limud and Mini-Plex

10:45 am Magic Minyan

8 Sunday

7:00 pm Spirited Sisters

9 Monday7:20 pm Mahjong


10 Tuesday

4:00 pm Limud Tuesday

6:00 pm Teen Torah hub at Aviv

6:30 pm Jr. YAiSH lounge @ CSH

7:30 pm Scotch & Shmooze with Rabbi B at the JCC

11 Wednesday

3:00 pm iShir Katan

3:30 pm iShir

4:00 pm Limud Lab


7:30 pm Mahjong

13 Friday6:00 pm Musical Shabbat

14 SaturdayFull Synaplex, Limud and Mini-Plex

12:30 pm Mini-Plex

16 Monday7:20 pm Mahjong

7:30 pm Book Club


17 Tuesday

4:00 pm Limud Tuesday7:30 pm Board Meeting

18 Wednesday

3:00 pm iShir Katan

3:30 pm iShir

4:00 pm Limud Lab

7:30 pm Kol Isha


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20 Friday6:00 pm Musical Shabbat

21 SaturdayFull Synaplex, Camp Limud

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25 Wednesday

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